If you look a little closer at all those little embellishments, you'll see spiders, bugs, and mushrooms amidst the flowers – just a little bit of Karl's creepy genius there that I enjoy.” “I learned a lot trying to mimic his style for the website interface, but most of the site design was basically taking his cover art and rearranging it for web dimensions. “Going into the site design, we already had all of this amazing art from Karl Kwasny who is an incredible illustrator and hand-letterer,” Renee said. She’s the creative brain behind the site design. “We used the book’s cover design and music, so from the minute you entered the site, it felt like you were inside the world of Nightmares!”įableVision Lead Artist, Renee Kurilla, was trilled to be on this project. “The goal was to make the Nightmares! website feel a little bit cinematic by adding introduction video,” she said. She asked: ‘What would a monster's nightmare be? Doing boring human things.’ That would be the ultimate worst.”Īs the project developed, the art direction for the Nightmares! website really came from the book, as producer Danielle Gillis explained. The lawn mower sketch came from a nightmare Leigh Hallisey, Creative Director, had. “We knew nothing about the book and wanted to think of what nightmares we had had and translate it into something that was fun and relatable. “During the proposal we came up with all sorts of kooky ideas,” Bob said.

Bob Flynn, FableVision’s Director of Art and Animation, explained a bit about the initial creative brainstorming. The excitement for this project really started during the proposal. With the help of his nonconventional family, Charlie takes on his nightmares that have started to seep into the real world. On top of that, he now lives in a big purple mansion and he can’t remember the last time he’s had a restful sleep. In the YA novel, co-written with New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller and published by Random House, Charlie Laird is convinced his stepmother moonlights as a witch.

Nightmares! is the actor’s first novel and FableVision – as Jason Segel super fans – had the adventure of building the book’s site and the You Snooze You Lose game featured on the website.

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